MONOGRAPH 



OF THE GENUS 



VERTAGUS. 



" Are not they 

 Fed by the Almighty's hand ? and every day 

 Fill'd with his blessiiigs too? do they not see 

 God in his creatui-es, as directors we? 

 Do they not taste thee ? hear thee ? nay, what sense 

 Is not partaker of thuie excellence?" — Quar/e.s. 



